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Ethiopia turns off internet nationwide as students sit exams | Technology | The Guardian
by Ali Hussein 02 Jun '17

02 Jun '17

Ethiopia has shut off internet access to its citizens, according to reports from inside the country, apparently due leaked exam papers for the nation’s grade 10 examinations. Outbound traffic from Ethiopia was shutdown around 4pm UK time on Tuesday, according to Google’s transparency report, which registered Ethiopian visits to the company’s sites plummeting over the evening. By Wednesday afternoon, access still had not been restored. Read on:- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/31/ethiopia-turns-off-inter… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Berlin court rules parents have no right to dead child's Facebook account
by Barrack Otieno 01 Jun '17

01 Jun '17

Listers, Might be of interest to some. Interesting developements. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Oghia <mike.oghia(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 07:36:58 +0200 Subject: [Internet Policy] Berlin court rules parents have no right to dead child's Facebook account To: ISOC Policy <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> FYI, this just came out today: http://www.dw.com/en/berlin-court-rules-grieving-parents-have-no-right-to-d… It has implications for child rights online, privacy, intermediary liability, judicial oversight, social media as a medium, and much more. Best, -Michael -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Internet Trends Report
by Ali Hussein 01 Jun '17

01 Jun '17

Listers This might be useful Internet Trends <http://dq756f9pzlyr3.cloudfront.net/file/Internet+Trends+2017+Report.pdf> *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.

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Registering ICT practitioners
by Sidney Ochieng 31 May '17

31 May '17

Out of nowhere... Can someone from the CA explain why? Sent on the move, kindly excuse any typos. Sidney

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Local Funding
by S.M. Muraya 31 May '17

31 May '17

Dear Listers, With permission from an upcoming software entrepreneur (: born after this "Wise Owl" already had an ID :) "Was talking to some investors my age sometime this year, they had to talk to an investor in England to advise them about investing in a Kenyan solution for a problem he didn't understand as he is based in the UK. They shared the response and apparently they took every word he said as Bible truth." The software entrepreneur also provided me with this link https://medium.com/@sankara_/its-time-to-fix-the-startup-funding-landscape-… My response: Essentially, we need to deal with corruption in our society, not rely on foreign funding. It does not help, most of our local youth worship foreigners. The nations ranked worst by Transparency International, do not build up and consequently trust their own talent and firms.

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Fwd: Solar Partner
by Michael Bullut 30 May '17

30 May '17

*Not technology related but you may know someone who is interested in it? * ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Maina <dmutheem(a)gmail.com> Date: 30 May 2017 at 08:26 Subject: Solar Partner To: finanalystnairobi(a)googlegroups.com Regards, David Muthee -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nairobi Investment/Finance Analyst Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to finanalystnairobi+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

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Re: [kictanet] Local Funding
by ceo 29 May '17

29 May '17

This is a very informative article. The link referred to has very rich information. Regards, AbdallaOn May 29, 2017 9:23 AM, "S.M. Muraya via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Dear Listers, > > With permission from an upcoming software entrepreneur (: born after this "Wise Owl" already had an ID :) > > "Was talking to some investors my age sometime this year, they had to talk to an investor in England to advise them about investing in a Kenyan solution for a problem he didn't understand as he is based in the UK. They shared the response and apparently they took every word he said as Bible truth." > > The software entrepreneur also provided me with this link > > https://medium.com/@sankara_/its-time-to-fix-the-startup-funding-landscape-… > > My response: > > Essentially, we need to deal with corruption in our society, not rely on foreign funding. It does not help, most of our local youth worship foreigners. > > The nations ranked worst by Transparency International, do not build up and consequently trust their own talent and firms.

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Fw: 2nd Summit on Community Networks In Africa - Africa Report Launched
by WANGARI KABIRU 28 May '17

28 May '17

Happy Sunday colleagues! Please find the report quoted launched at the 2nd Summit on Community Networks in Africa during the Africa Internet Summit (2017) 2017 'Supporting the Creation and Scalability of Affordable Access Solutions: Understanding Community Networks in Africa' report can be found here. https://www.internetsociety.org/doc/cnafrica Enjoy the valued read! https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa/2017 Have a blessed day. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". On Sunday, 28 May 2017, 7:07, WANGARI KABIRU <wangarikabiru(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Blessed Sunday! I am delighted to share resources from the Community Networks In Africa Training Workshop and followup events coordinated by the Internet Society at the Africa Internet Summit (AIS) in Nairobi. The discussions for Kenyan colleagues was a great follow through in my perspective to the successful Communications Authority hosted ICT Week. Community Networks - that have been a phenomenon for about 10years now is a great opportunity call for Communities to take greater ownership of and for their connectivity for the purposes they need it. Please find for your review a great e-book. http://wndw.net/pdf/wndw-en/wndw-ebook.pdf A report on the Community Networks in Africa was launched during the event. Congratulations to Jane Coffin and Michuki Mwangi for following through to this 2nd Summit on Community Networks!! Have a blessed week ahead! Regards/Wangari Africa Internet Summit (AIS) 2017 | Internet Society | | | Africa Internet Summit (AIS) 2017 | Internet Society | | | --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".

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Fwd: Hope for the Broken Internet
by Ali Hussein 28 May '17

28 May '17

Listers I'm posting below an interest article by Jeff John Roberts of Fortune Magazine. It is interesting because it talks of a broken internet and how the Blockchain offers potentially a solution to fix it. See email thread below. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: "FORTUNE Data Sheet" <fortune(a)email.fortune.com> > Date: 27 May 2017 at 7:15:05 PM EAT > To: <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Subject: Hope for the Broken Internet > Reply-To: "Fortune" <reply-fece17787666047c-20_HTML-56937916-7213333-11(a)email.fortune.com> > > > > > > > > FOLLOW > SUBSCRIBE > ANON TIP > MAY 27, 2017 > If we were to design the Internet all over again, it’s a good bet we wouldn’t build what we have today: A giant advertising oligopoly where consumers trade privacy for free services, and which is so insecure that hackers and criminals run wild. > > But path dependency is a powerful thing, and so replacing the Internet we know with something else is very hard. That doesn’t mean, though, people aren’t trying. > > There are big ideas in the air these days, including those shared this week at the bitcoin-blockchain extravaganza known as Consensus. The three-day event in New York City revealed some radical technology to change how we interact with the Internet. > > The most ambitious announcement came from a company called Blockstack, which is building a new type of Internet browser using the distributed ledger software known as blockchain. The idea is that people will no longer have to supply log-in information to the likes of Facebook and Google to interact with others on the web. Instead, they’ll keep control of their identity by using blockchain’s authentication features. > > If all this sounds pie-in-the-sky, don’t write it off too quickly. I spoke with executives from major companies who are all making the same case that “identity” is the biggest problem with the Internet right now, and hinted they’re set to unveil blockchain-based solutions of their own. Look for announcements this summer. > > Meanwhile, at the Cyber Investing Summit, where Fortune’s Robert Hackett and I hosted panels this week, there was a feeling the tide is starting to turn against hackers. The arrival of new biometric and network technology, combined with the rise of cybersecurity focused investors like Strategic Cyber Ventures, mean Internet security is improving rapidly. > > Finally, the HyperLedger Project—a relatively new non-profit group that focuses on blockchain—is growing quickly, and getting support from everyone from big banks to IBM to independent developers. If the project succeeds, the result will be a governing body to make blockchain technology secure and easy to use for everyone. In the long term, it could mean we’ll all be using a blockchain-based Internet that is superior to the broken web we use today. > > Yes, all this feels far off. But as tech writer Walt Mossberg observed in a farewell column titled “The Disappearing Computer,” we’re in a transition period, and waiting as companies create subtle new types of software that are “simultaneously more intelligent and more secure.” The future, as it always does, will arrive. > > And speaking of big ideas, Fortune just announced a few of the names, including former NSA director Keith Alexander and Target CEO Brian Cornell, who will be attending Brainstorm Tech in Aspen this July. It’s going to be amazing. Come join us. > > Jeff John Roberts > > @jeffjohnroberts > > jeff.roberts(a)fortune.com > > Welcome to the Cyber Saturday edition of Data Sheet, Fortune’s daily tech newsletter. You may reach Robert Hackett via Twitter, Cryptocat, Jabber (see OTR fingerprint on my about.me), PGP encrypted email (see public key on my Keybase.io), Wickr, Signal, or however you (securely) prefer. Feedback welcome. > > > . > > THREATS > All's Fair in Love and Cyber War: The havoc wrecked by the Shadow Brokers, who are a Russian backed hacking group, includes a new form of collateral damage: the privacy of NSA hackers. Whereas there was once a gentlemen's agreement among cyber-spooks not to expose each others' identity, that custom has reportedly fallen by the wayside. Some say the U.S. started the trend of outing state-sponsored hackers when it published the name of five Chinese military hackers. (Wall Street Journal) > > Tanium Raises $100M: The California-based unicorn, which has long been a darling of the cybersecurity set, announced a surprise $100 million funding round, which will see investors receive existing common stock. The round means Tanium can push off an anticipated IPO while providing liquidity for early employees. As for the series of recent PR incidents that raised question about its corporate culture, Tanium's CEO told Fortune the company is mission driven and "not that cuddly." (Fortune) > > The Spies in Your Home: What do a doll, a popular brand of headphones and a sex toy all have in common? The manufacturers of all those items are targets of lawsuits that accuse them of using apps to record customer behavior without permission. The "stuff that spies on you" problem is driven in part by companies' thirst for data and consumers' apparent willingness to add an app to just about anything. (Fortune) > > Why Cameras Are Compromised: Digital camera makers have a lousy reputation when it comes to security, failing to provide basic encryption to help photographers protect their files. The lack of security also leads to cameras being conscripted into bot-net armies. A report suggest the problem is less to do with technology than with an industry culture that clings to the past. (Financial Times) > > Oh, and the threat by hackers who say they stole Pirates of the Caribbean sounds pretty hollow. Disney's bigger worry is those crummy reviews. > > Share today's Data Sheet with a friend: > http://fortune.com/newsletter/datasheet/ > > Looking for previous Data Sheets? Click here. > > . > > ACCESS GRANTED > Fortune's Robert Hackett looks at the hottest topic in blockchain finance these days: so-called ICOs which offer an easy and secure way for companies to raise money. A messaging service's decision to have an ICO suggests the phenomenon is going mainstream. > > Kik plans to debut its own cryptocurrency called "Kin" later this summer. The Waterloo, Ontario-based company is planning a crowdsourced initial coin offering or ICO, which lets startups mint their own digital money, raise funds outside the traditional venture capital world, and develop their own miniature economies. The exact date has yet to be determined. Read more on Fortune.com. > > . > > FORTUNE RECON > Blackchain's Chasm of Death — and Who Makes it Out by Jeff John Roberts > > Apple Reveals National Security Requests are Soaring by Don Reisinger > > Intel and Big Banks Put $100M into Fin-Tech Firm R3 by Robert Hackett > > White House Proposal Would Let Police Track and Destroy Drones by Barb Darrow > > Cloudflare's Quest to Kill a Patent Troll Gains Steam by Jeff John Roberts > > . > > . > > ONE MORE THING > The Thanks You Get for Saving the Internet. This was not journalism's finest moment. The media, led by Britain's infamous tabloid press, decided to repay the anonymous 22-year-old hero who stopped the WannaCry attacks by doxing him and staking out his house. This was not just a jerk move—it also made it harder for the security researcher to do his job. (USA Today) > > . > EMAIL ROBERT HACKETT > > SUBSCRIBE > > SHARE: > . > This message has been sent to you because you are currently subscribed to Cyber Saturday > UNSUBSCRIBE HERE > > Please read our Privacy Policy, or copy and paste this link into your browser: > HTTP://WWW.FORTUNE.COM/PRIVACY > > All products and services featured are based solely on editorial selection. FORTUNE may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. > > For Further Communication, Please Contact: > FORTUNE Customer Service > 3000 University Center Drive > Tampa, FL 33612-6408 > > ADVERTISING INFO | SUBSCRIBE TO FORTUNE >

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ICANN DAy @ AIS: Live stream channel : May 27th 2017
by Bob Omondi 27 May '17

27 May '17

Hi all, Just in case you missed proceedings of the ICANN Day @ AIS 2017, you can follow the live-stream channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUvoSIiI_VA Regards Bob.

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